Laos and Thailand!

David and I got back from Thailand yesterday - we arrived in Sydney an hour late at 2pm, and crawled back into Canberra at about 7pm. Work today. To say I'm tired is something of an understatement.

The highlight was of course the wedding - David's brother got married to a gorgeous Lao woman, and they had a traditional wedding. The main thing about it was the utter joy of the occasion - Lao weddings are hard to explain - they are more ritualistic but less formal than western weddings, if that makes sense. There were several ceremonies, each involving some sort of costume change, and people chatted and moved around during most of it - even the two hours of sanskrit chanting, with mobile phones going off and people chatting happily throughout. I found a website which explains the whole wedding shebang pretty much as it happened for us (which is actually an engagement, as the legal wedding documents are sorted out separately).

We spent 3 days in Laos and then took off to Thailand for 5 days, as David's bro very bravely opted for a shared family holiday rather than a honeymoon. Many stories and photos will be shared, just as soon as David works out where he put his camera cord!

Really cool things? Hm... riding an elephant (they're so biiiig!), cocktails in the resort's pool-bar, the best green curry I've ever tasted, racing around in tuk-tuks, nopping "hello" to everyone you meet, feeding fishies with bread on our snorkeling day, I could go for ever! But yeah. It's off to work for me now, and hopefully will have the camera cord sorted soon.

Comments

[Friday]

Can't wait to see the photos. How exciting!!

[Jejune]

Oh wow - sounds utterly divine!!!

[Bill H]

Hi,

Could you brother help me with the legal documents needed to marry a Lao girl? :-) I am having trouble.. :-(

Sincerely,
Bill Habermehl